Monument record ALP 018 - WWII Searchlight Battery
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8889 5110 (39m by 44m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL85SE |
| Civil Parish | ALPHETON, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery at Alpheton, situated at NGR TL 889 511/ MGR 9military grid reference M 340695. It was manned by 33 Searchlight Regiment. The battery was operational from October 1941. It formed part of a network of searchlights named Area DN02, which along with another such area (DN01) formed a defensive belt in the Essex-Cambridgeshire-Suffolk borders area.
Searchlight sites typically comprised a small ring-ditch to provide the crew with shelter during an air raid, a predictor emplacement for calculating the height and range of targets, a light anti-aircraft machine gun pit, a generator and hutted accommodation for the crew (S1).
Sources/Archives (3)
- <S1> SSF53735 Index: English Heritage. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1499183.
- <S2> SXS50096 Monograph: Lowry B (Ed.). 1996. 20th Century Defences in Britain: An Introductory Guide.
- <S3> SSF54831 Monograph: Dobinson, C.. 2000. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Supporting Paper AA/1. Searchlight sites in WWII. A sample list.
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Record last edited
Apr 11 2022 3:53PM